This sort of stuff is what this email list should have more of. Gregg
On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 9:27 AM, James Jasek via Texascavers < texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > Great story > > > > Sent from my iPhoneiPhone > > On Nov 5, 2017, at 9:21 AM, Logan McNatt via Texascavers < > texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > > In Carl's message about digging open the lower entrance from inside > Midnight Cave, he didn't mention what happened next--one of many stories in > the lore of the Carta Valley cavers. > > Carl's original version is in the chapter on Midnight Cave in his *50 > Years of Texas Caving* pp. 458-467. > It is better than my synopsis below. > > LowGun > > The successful dig gave Carl Kunath, Ron Bridgemon, Chuck Pease, and Nick > Lucas a rare opportunity to play a devilish trick on the other two members > of the team. Jan and Orion Knox were at the back of the cave where they had > pushed through the tortuous Corkscrew into a significant unexplored section > of the cave. > > The dig crew exited the new entrance, walked over to the pit entrance, and > pulled up the rope. They reentered through the lower entrance and met up > with Jan and Orion, who were not told of the discovery. Arriving at the > bottom of the pit entrance to find no rope, the conspirators feigned dismay > and consternation, but were disappointed at the calm reaction of Jan and > Orion. A brief quest for another way out surprised them with sunlight > coming through the new entrance. > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ > texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ > texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > >
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